ALMA as the ideal probe of the solar chromosphere

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 313, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 197-200

  Loukitcheva, Maria A ^a,b   Solanki, Sami K ^b   White, Stephen ^c  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Millimeter observations; Solar chromosphere; Sun

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849022717     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-007-9626-1     Document Type: Article

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